mo makes things

big changes, little art

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:18:57 -0400

so, at the end of may, chris and i are leaving savannah and moving to denver.

and that’s beautiful and wonderful and exciting and fantastic. really, i’m terribly excited. as you can tell from the lack of posts here and on my comic tumblr, i haven’t been all that inspired to create things. most of that comes from my current lifestyle; working five out of seven days of the week in retail, too exhausted to care about anything on my days off, feeling cranky and unmotivated under the monotony and energy-drain of it all, etc. this state of mind, coupled with not creating regularly, has been emotionally tiresome and generally unpleasant. in short, i’m not happy with my life at the moment. but that will all change sooner than i know.

i sincerely hope that the extreme change of scenery (city to mountains) will inspire me in a big way. i hope to find a less soul-crushing job there, and plan on making radical changes to my lifestyle. i want to make art constantly, even when i don’t feel like it. i want to advance as a person.

but until then, i’ve got a wedding to go to, packing and cleaning to do, people i need to visit with before we leave, and more research to do on so many, many things. so, for most of may, i’ll be absent on both blogs getting all these things done. but i promise to return as soon as possible! i have big plans for both my comics and for my illustrations. i also want to teach myself how to animate, so that’s exciting :)

so, yes, please don’t lose hope on me. i promise i’ll be back and - hopefully - updating more regularly.

with love,
mo

also available in many different colored shirts!DON’T JUST...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:05:42 -0400

also available in many different colored shirts!
DON’T JUST STAND THERE GET OFF YOUR TUCKUS AND BUY THIS REAL PRETTY SHIRT Y’BIG DINGUS.

“Hey I know that guy, he’s a real handsom lady. And...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:02:10 -0400

“Hey I know that guy, he’s a real handsom lady. And for an easy payment of some money, you can buy his face in a frame to put up on your walls. And then your friends will be all, ‘wuh- who’s that good lookin’ hunk on your wall?’ and you can tell them to not stick their nose into udder people’s business.”

Check it Out!

HEY COOL KIDS CHECK THIS OUT.current project: dr. steve brule...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 10:58:48 -0400

HEY COOL KIDS CHECK THIS OUT.
current project: dr. steve brule shirt.

AHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHAHHHHHHHHHHyou want to buy, yes?

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:32:13 -0400

AHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHH
AHHHHHHHHHH

you want to buy, yes?

hi tumblr! how many of you would wear this?i plan on setting up...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:48:00 -0400

hi tumblr! how many of you would wear this?
i plan on setting up a shop in a bit, but i want to see if anyone would wear my

*:*:･ﾟ✧super kawaii steve buscemi shirt✧･ﾟ:*:*

it says “kawaii king desu” - or at least that’s what i gathered through the internet. please correct me if it’s wrong.

so… any takers?

i know i don’t post a lot of illustrations, but i try to...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:28:33 -0400

i know i don’t post a lot of illustrations, but i try to doodle as much as possible ~~especially since i don’t ever have any fucking time to create anything serious because i work constantly and live paycheck to paycheck and am generally grumpy and uninspired.~~

***BONUS FORBIDDEN WORK DOODLE***

good morning, tumblr.this is what i do before making things.

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:55:30 -0400

good morning, tumblr.
this is what i do before making things.

dear tumblr,i’m making you a steve buscemi shirt.i hope...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:52:53 -0400

dear tumblr,
i’m making you a steve buscemi shirt.
i hope you like it.
tell your friends.
love,
mo

in case anyone forgot, this is also Nigel Thornberry.EDIT:

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:13:00 -0400

in case anyone forgot, this is also Nigel Thornberry.
EDIT:

“well, son, guess you better start growing some...

Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:19:07 -0400

“well, son, guess you better start growing some tits.”

i’ve been drawing weird little emotions lately.

Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:32:12 -0500

i’ve been drawing weird little emotions lately.

just doodlin’.

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:31:04 -0500

just doodlin’.

behold! framed comics for the Underground Comix Show this...

Mon, 04 Feb 2013 15:29:29 -0500

behold! framed comics for the Underground Comix Show this weekend!

it’s funny that my first show features my journal comics instead of my illustrations. not that i’m complaining, mind you, especially since comics are more fun for me. it’s just, y’know, they’ve always been so personal and thoughtless. never in my life did i think i’d be putting my comics in frames to hang them up in a public place…
so excited!

expect scans of the pages sometime on sunday :D

drawn to explain my methods to a very pushy customer. apparently...

Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:41:07 -0500

drawn to explain my methods to a very pushy customer. apparently whipped cream isn’t “healthy” or something? neither is liquid chocolate and adding skim milk to it is the equivalent of putting a helmet on an infant and tossing it into traffic. but, whatever. I’m just a barista, not a nutritionist.

something close to an update (but not really)

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 17:05:26 -0500

right, so, before i begin, let me start off by saying that i didn’t plan this update out in my head very well. so… there’s that.

i think the thing was that i wanted to update this tumblr/comic tumblr with info pertaining to the upcoming underground comix gallery i’ll be participating in in feb. i wanted to share my sketches and journal writings and so on but i don’t have access to a scanner. so… y’know… there goes that whole plan.

…i mean, i could just snap pictures from my journal using my phone but that - so far - has proven to be disappointing. in the meantime, i guess, i could show you what i’ve been doing with january so far.
here’s a giant sketchpad calendar i’ve conjured up for chris and me. as you can see, it’s mostly blank, but the plan is to fill it up as the month goes on. i have this little guy up there so far:
i don’t know. he was influenced by hillbilly television. anyway, the idea was based off of the calendars i made for chris in 2012 that featured our cats:
…so at least there’s some evidence that i wasn’t completely art-less for that year, despite lack of display online… i dunno. i’ve been meaning to post these calendars on here for a while now.

also, i did this to my new wallet:
so, um, that’s… something.

i dunno, guys. i really should’ve planned this post out a bit better. i guess i was just mostly concerned that i hadn’t posted anything in a while. sucks about the whole scanner situation, since i do have little derp comics to share. i should be able to get things up by the end of the month though, SO PLEASE DON’T GIVE UP ON ME D:

because sometimes you just need to draw die antwoord.

Sun, 09 Dec 2012 22:44:39 -0500

because sometimes you just need to draw die antwoord.

just some proof of not being dead. i’ll definitely be...

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 15:31:00 -0500

just some proof of not being dead. i’ll definitely be focusing more on comics in the months to come, so if you’d like to keep up with what i’m doing, please follow my comic blog.

momakescomics:

i really hate that i haven’t been making comics or anything until just recently. i was so stressed through most of november - had myself a bit of a life-crisis of sorts, trying to figure out what it really is i want to do with my life (hence the whole taking-a-semester-off thing). i’ll be touching on that exact subject in my gallery comic, which, of course, i’ll be posting here. it’ll be a total of eight pages (hopefully) and the show’s in feb! more details on that to come.

[also, my life got sucked into Fallout New Vegas for all of november. like, horrifically so. regrettably, it took up most of my free time, a bit like an addiction. i’m dead serious. fallout was all i could talk about. it was definitely a coping mechanism during this past month - i suppose it’s because i had “achievements” in the game in an otherwise stressful and seemingly directionless reality. towards the end, it became a frantic rush to finish because i had been craving comic-making and really needed to get comics out. it’s kind of embarrassing, really. i’ve never been so sucked into a game before. however, i’m really good at fallout now, so there’s that.]

Doodled in between classes as proof of my lack of deadness.

Tue, 13 Nov 2012 11:47:34 -0500

Doodled in between classes as proof of my lack of deadness.

you are never alone.

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:39:21 -0400

in correlation with my last comic, i just want everyone and anyone on tumblr to know that if you ever need any advice, comfort, or just a place to vent, my ask box is completely open. if you don’t want me to publish it, i won’t as long as you specify, ok?

i find that there is still a stigma placed on being emotionally vulnerable - even in this day and age. men aren’t allowed to show emotion because that’s a, “sign of weakness”. women can’t be emotional because, “girls will be girls”. regardless of what society or anyone says, we’re all still humans. humans are some of the luckiest creatures on this planet simply because we experience a myriad of complex emotions. emotions that are so complex, they can turn scary and irrational. emotions that are overwhelming and seemingly unbearable. emotions that, we feel, are so intense that - surely - we must be crazy, especially if it feels like we can’t control them.
and, well, that’s not true. we all experience the same level of intensity, even if we don’t admit or display it. even if it’s only fleeting. and it is in that supposed need to stifle such negative energy that we form habits, poor self-esteem, self-harm, and so on. because there is - supposedly - no acceptable outlet. if you’re in therapy, you must be, “crazy”. if you self-harm, you’re, “attention-seeking”. i know some of you know what i’m talking about here.
you are not crazy.
you are not helpless.
you are not alone.
you. are. human.
and if you seek help - be it a pep-talk or an ear to listen - you aren’t weak. your strength lies in being able to acknowledging that you can’t handle everything on your own. it took me years to figure that out for myself, but coming to terms with that fact has - much to my stubborn, self-loathing reluctance - helped me realize my full potential and better myself.

so, please. if you feel alone, empty, unwanted, etc - PLEASE - tell me. free it from your mind. the quickest way to move on is to drop unnecessary baggage :)